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INFO: rcu detected stall in rtnl_dellink

Status: upstream: reported on 2025/07/05 13:58
Reported-by: syzbot+37f96260bdf376da1b6a@syzkaller.appspotmail.com
First crash: 64d, last: 2d08h
Similar bugs (2)
Kernel Title Rank 🛈 Repro Cause bisect Fix bisect Count Last Reported Patched Status
linux-6.1 INFO: rcu detected stall in rtnl_dellink 1 1 196d 196d 0/3 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/06/03 01:04
upstream INFO: rcu detected stall in rtnl_dellink net 1 2 196d 264d 0/29 auto-obsoleted due to no activity on 2025/05/23 22:00

Sample crash report:
rcu: INFO: rcu_preempt detected stalls on CPUs/tasks:
rcu: 	0-....: (1 GPs behind) idle=01f/1/0x4000000000000002 softirq=7135/7136 fqs=2095 
	(detected by 1, t=10502 jiffies, g=8437, q=1587)
Sending NMI from CPU 1 to CPUs 0:
NMI backtrace for cpu 0
CPU: 0 PID: 4440 Comm: syz.1.37 Not tainted syzkaller #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
RIP: 0010:__lock_acquire+0x1c0/0x7c60 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4915
Code: 84 c0 0f 85 91 64 00 00 45 8b 26 48 c7 c0 80 1f 0c 96 48 c1 e8 03 42 0f b6 04 00 84 c0 0f 85 9e 64 00 00 83 3d 90 20 b0 14 00 <75> 0a 41 83 fc 30 0f 83 b0 57 00 00 4c 89 6c 24 30 44 8b 6d 20 48
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000006d80 EFLAGS: 00000046
RAX: 0000000000000004 RBX: ffffffff8c11c460 RCX: ffffffff960c1f03
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffffffff8c11c460
RBP: ffffc90000006fd0 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: fffffbfff1ad31be R11: 1ffffffff1ad31bd R12: 0000000000000004
R13: ffff88807e0c8000 R14: ffff88807e0c8ae8 R15: ffffffff8f943f40
FS:  00007f1677e546c0(0000) GS:ffff8880b9000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f52a2f10f98 CR3: 0000000024efa000 CR4: 00000000003506f0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000ffff0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000600
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 lock_acquire+0x197/0x3f0 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5623
 rcu_lock_acquire+0x2a/0x30 include/linux/rcupdate.h:312
 rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:739 [inline]
 __perf_event_output kernel/events/core.c:7800 [inline]
 perf_event_output_forward+0x9e/0x280 kernel/events/core.c:7822
 __perf_event_overflow+0x364/0x530 kernel/events/core.c:9515
 perf_tp_event+0x32c/0xb50 kernel/events/core.c:10047
 perf_trace_run_bpf_submit+0xf3/0x1c0 kernel/events/core.c:10021
 perf_trace_preemptirq_template+0x2be/0x380 include/trace/events/preemptirq.h:14
 trace_irq_enable_rcuidle+0x108/0x180 include/trace/events/preemptirq.h:40
 trace_hardirqs_on+0x57/0x80 kernel/trace/trace_preemptirq.c:44
 asm_sysvec_irq_work+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:713
RIP: 0010:rcu_read_unlock_special+0x84/0x480 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:674
Code: f1 f1 f1 00 f2 f2 f2 4a 89 04 2b 66 42 c7 44 2b 09 f3 f3 42 c6 44 2b 0b f3 65 44 8b 35 dd 13 9e 7e 41 f7 c6 00 00 f0 00 74 45 <48> c7 44 24 20 0e 36 e0 45 4a c7 04 2b 00 00 00 00 66 42 c7 44 2b
RSP: 0018:ffffc900000077a0 EFLAGS: 00000206
RAX: e1bbe7a264554800 RBX: 1ffff92000000ef8 RCX: e1bbe7a264554800
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a0b1620 RDI: ffffffff8a59a240
RBP: ffffc90000007880 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff1ff7639
R10: fffffbfff1ff7639 R11: 1ffffffff1ff7638 R12: ffffffff8c120900
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: 0000000000000246 R15: 0000000000000001
 __rcu_read_unlock+0x78/0xd0 kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:422
 rcu_read_unlock include/linux/rcupdate.h:771 [inline]
 ndisc_send_skb+0xdc4/0x14a0 net/ipv6/ndisc.c:521
 addrconf_rs_timer+0x2b8/0x600 net/ipv6/addrconf.c:3956
 call_timer_fn+0x16c/0x530 kernel/time/timer.c:1451
 expire_timers kernel/time/timer.c:1496 [inline]
 __run_timers+0x525/0x7c0 kernel/time/timer.c:1767
 run_timer_softirq+0x63/0xf0 kernel/time/timer.c:1780
 handle_softirqs+0x328/0x820 kernel/softirq.c:576
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:610 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:450 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0x12f/0x220 kernel/softirq.c:659
 irq_exit_rcu+0x5/0x20 kernel/softirq.c:671
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa0/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1108
 </IRQ>
 <TASK>
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:preempt_schedule_irq+0xac/0x150 kernel/sched/core.c:6799
Code: 44 24 20 f6 44 24 21 02 74 0b 0f 0b 48 f7 03 08 00 00 00 74 70 bf 01 00 00 00 e8 ff 37 a0 f7 e8 aa b0 cc f7 fb bf 01 00 00 00 <e8> ef b5 ff ff 48 c7 44 24 40 00 00 00 00 9c 8f 44 24 40 8b 44 24
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000341e500 EFLAGS: 00000286
RAX: e1bbe7a264554800 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: e1bbe7a264554800
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a0b1620 RDI: 0000000000000001
RBP: ffffc9000341e5a0 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff1ff761a
R10: fffffbfff1ff761a R11: 1ffffffff1ff7619 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 1ffff92000683ca0
 irqentry_exit+0x63/0x70 kernel/entry/common.c:432
 asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x16/0x20 arch/x86/include/asm/idtentry.h:676
RIP: 0010:put_cpu_partial+0x15e/0x190 mm/slub.c:2586
Code: 00 00 48 3b 44 24 08 75 4d 48 83 c4 10 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 e8 df 2a ed 07 41 f7 c5 00 02 00 00 74 c3 fb 4d 85 ff <75> c2 eb cb 48 c7 c7 b0 f9 1e 8c 4c 89 e6 e8 6f f0 3e 02 e9 e5 fe
RSP: 0018:ffffc9000341e668 EFLAGS: 00000246
RAX: e1bbe7a264554800 RBX: ffff88801b5e5140 RCX: e1bbe7a264554800
RDX: dffffc0000000000 RSI: ffffffff8a0b1620 RDI: ffffffff8a59a240
RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: dffffc0000000000 R09: fffffbfff1ff761a
R10: fffffbfff1ff761a R11: 1ffffffff1ff7619 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000282 R14: ffff8880b9043a20 R15: 0000000000000000
 qlist_free_all+0x35/0x90 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:176
 kasan_quarantine_reduce+0x150/0x160 mm/kasan/quarantine.c:283
 __kasan_slab_alloc+0x2f/0xd0 mm/kasan/common.c:444
 kasan_slab_alloc include/linux/kasan.h:254 [inline]
 slab_post_alloc_hook+0x4c/0x380 mm/slab.h:519
 slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3220 [inline]
 kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x12d/0x2d0 mm/slub.c:3256
 __alloc_skb+0xf4/0x750 net/core/skbuff.c:415
 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1162 [inline]
 nlmsg_new include/net/netlink.h:953 [inline]
 genlmsg_new include/net/genetlink.h:411 [inline]
 ethnl_default_notify+0x22c/0x5e0 net/ethtool/netlink.c:638
 ethnl_notify_features net/ethtool/netlink.c:713 [inline]
 ethnl_netdev_event+0x54/0x70 net/ethtool/netlink.c:721
 notifier_call_chain kernel/notifier.c:83 [inline]
 raw_notifier_call_chain+0xcb/0x160 kernel/notifier.c:391
 call_netdevice_notifiers_extack net/core/dev.c:2061 [inline]
 call_netdevice_notifiers net/core/dev.c:2075 [inline]
 netdev_features_change net/core/dev.c:1421 [inline]
 netdev_change_features+0x8a/0xc0 net/core/dev.c:10143
 bond_compute_features+0x6ae/0x7a0 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:1463
 __bond_release_one+0xb3d/0x1320 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:2404
 bond_uninit+0x120/0x4c0 drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c:5526
 unregister_netdevice_many+0x131d/0x18f0 net/core/dev.c:11151
 rtnl_delete_link net/core/rtnetlink.c:3112 [inline]
 rtnl_dellink+0x3db/0x700 net/core/rtnetlink.c:3163
 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x9b9/0xe60 net/core/rtnetlink.c:5650
 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1e0/0x430 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2507
 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1318 [inline]
 netlink_unicast+0x774/0x920 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1344
 netlink_sendmsg+0x8ab/0xbc0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1918
 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:704 [inline]
 __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:716 [inline]
 ____sys_sendmsg+0x5a2/0x8c0 net/socket.c:2436
 ___sys_sendmsg+0x1f0/0x260 net/socket.c:2490
 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2519 [inline]
 __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2528 [inline]
 __se_sys_sendmsg+0x190/0x250 net/socket.c:2526
 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
 do_syscall_64+0x4c/0xa0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x66/0xd0
RIP: 0033:0x7f1679becbe9
Code: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48
RSP: 002b:00007f1677e54038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e
RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f1679e23fa0 RCX: 00007f1679becbe9
RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000200000000000 RDI: 000000000000000a
RBP: 00007f1679c6fe19 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 00007f1679e24038 R14: 00007f1679e23fa0 R15: 00007ffe8cc3e938
 </TASK>

Crashes (2):
Time Kernel Commit Syzkaller Config Log Report Syz repro C repro VM info Assets (help?) Manager Title
2025/09/05 08:57 linux-5.15.y 7a6c2d093c45 d291dd2d .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in rtnl_dellink
2025/07/05 13:57 linux-5.15.y 3dea0e7f549e 4f67c4ae .config console log report info [disk image] [vmlinux] [kernel image] ci2-linux-5-15-kasan-perf INFO: rcu detected stall in rtnl_dellink
* Struck through repros no longer work on HEAD.